Han-Sup Han
Professor, Northern Arizona University
Forest Operations: A Tool for Forest Management
Forest operations involves in the application of a variety of forest management tools and processes to achieve the objectives of sustainable forest management. This presentation illustrates how forest harvesting systems and practices can be used to accomplish a wide range of forest management objectives. Traditionally, wood production has been the main objective of timber extraction practices to supply raw materials (e.g., logs and wood chips) to the forest products manufacturing companies. While this still holds as an important goal of timber harvesting today, equipment and systems used in forest operations are now often employed to address other forest management issues such as stand condition improvement and fuel treatments to reduce wildfire risks. The use of harvesting systems as a tool to a wide range of forest management objectives is now increasingly common, as we often deal with man-made or second-growth stands. Forest operations need to be viewed as an integrated component of forest management and not an isolated field of study. Collaboration with other disciplines is increasingly important in order to address the challenging multiple objectives of today’s forest management.
Time: 9h00
Room: PLT-3370
Online: https://ulaval.zoom.us/j/64183030195?pwd=ivtaEJngXBloIgeczHjGqjKFINAnAJ.1
Meeting ID: 641 8303 0195
Code: 724540